http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/filibuster/ en-us Sat, 7 Jun 2008 06:24:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027489/posts Brown lambasted for opposing global-warming vote Friday, June 6, 2008 11:24 PM By Jack Torry THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH WASHINGTON — Sens. Sherrod Brown and George V. Voinovich today helped block a sweeping bill aimed at curbing global warming, ending congressional efforts on climate change until next year. By a 48-36 vote, supporters of the bill failed to muster the necessary 60 votes to end a Republican filibuster and clear the way for final passage. Brown was one of four Democrats and Voinovich was one of 32 Republicans to support the filibuster. While Voinovich's decision to oppose the bill had been... The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027489/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 06:24:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981488/posts Reid compares GOP filibusters to aggravated assault Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is known for his clumsy rhetoric _ calling President Bush a "loser," saying the Iraq war is "lost," and describing former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan a "hack." So it should come as no surprise to Senate watchers that Reid on Thursday afternoon seemed to compare Republican filibusters to aggravated assault by stabbing. But let's provide the right context here. Democrats clearly believe they're getting a good ride out of blaming Republicans for filibusters in the Senate, and Reid joined Democratic leaders on Thursday afternoon at a press conference... The Political http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981488/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:38:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968256/posts I haven't heard this mentioned by anyone, but just sitting around thinking this week...let's assume McLame wins the presidency. He has to resign the Senate. His governor, Napilitano or whatever her name is, is a Democrat operative. She will most assuredly put a liberal in his stead. And unless McLame has HUGE coattails (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha) he is going to be dealing with a HEAVILY Democrat Senate. Maybe even filibuster proof. He for SURE will have two former SENATE colleagues (Hitlery and Hussein) whom he will have beaten to get the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968256/posts#comment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:53:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966102/posts WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Senate Republicans blocked a move by Democrats on Wednesday to add more than $40 billion in checks for the elderly, disabled veterans and the unemployed to a bill to stimulate the economy. The 48-41 vote fell just short of the 60 required to break a GOP filibuster and bring the Senate version of the stimulus bill closer to a final vote. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966102/posts#comment Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:19:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933722/posts “MR. PRESIDENT, I rise today to address the record number of filibusters in the Senate,...” So might begin the transcript in the Congressional Record if a senator were to discuss what may well be the most pivotal issue in American public policy these days — the filibuster and its only antidote: a cloture vote that ends debate. --snip-- “This is a sharp increase in the use of a filibuster as a routine mechanism,” said Norman J. Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, a nonpartisan research group. “The Senate is set up culturally not to act on anything quickly. That’s a... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933722/posts#comment Sun, 2 Dec 2007 22:51:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925414/posts Senate Democrats might force Republicans to wage a filibuster if the GOP wants to block the latest Iraq withdrawal bill, aides and senators said Tuesday. That could set the stage for a dramatic end-of-the-year partisan showdown, which Democrats hope will help them turn voter frustration with Congress and the stalemate over Iraq into anger with the Republican Party. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), the number two Democrat in the chamber, said a forced filibuster is “possible” and would “generate attention.” “We want to go to the bill, and [Republicans] have to decide initially whether they want us to go... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925414/posts#comment Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:51:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888434/posts A half-century ago today, Strom Thurmond ended what remains the longest filibuster in the long-winded history of the U.S. Senate. Thurmond, nine years removed from a campaign for president undertaken to protect segregation, spoke against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes. His filibuster irked even his fellow segregationists in the Senate, who had succeeded in watering down the act's most important protections for black voting rights. But Thurmond went on his one-man stand against the bill anyway, condemning it as an attack on the Constitution and in the process he re-established himself as one... Myrtle Beach Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888434/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:40:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870219/posts WASHINGTON — This year Senate Republicans are threatening filibusters to block more legislation than ever before, a pattern that's rooted in — and could increase — the pettiness and dysfunction in Congress. The trend has been evolving for 30 years. The reasons behind it are too complex to pin on one party. But it has been especially pronounced since the Democrats' razor-thin win in last year's election, giving them effectively a 51-49 Senate majority, and the Republicans' exile to the minority. Seven months into the current two-year term, the Senate has held 42 "cloture" votes aimed at shutting off extended... McClatchy Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870219/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:05:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868225/posts The nation’s anguish over the Iraq war was kept on hold in the Senate yesterday as the Republican minority maintained serial threats of filibuster to buy time for President Bush’s aimless policies. Last week, the House debated and voted along party lines for a timetable for an American troop withdrawal by next spring. But a similar measure was allowed no such decisive expression in the Senate. Instead, the G.O.P. insisted on the approval of a “supermajority” of 60 of 100 senators before putting to a vote a measure that would apply real pressure on the president to shift his disastrous... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868225/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:48:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867230/posts Leaders are instructing Democratic lawmakers to blitz their states with anti-Bush messages as the Senate gears up for an all-night debate on Iraq withdrawal, according to an internal memo provided to The Politico by a Democratic official. “We need every Senator’s help throughout the next two days to amplify our message and highlight Republican obstructionism,” says the memo from the Senate Democratic Communications Center, part of the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.). “This is a caucus-wide effort and your help is needed.” A companion memo for Senate Republicans accuses Democrats of pulling a “stunt” – a word... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867230/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:21:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769612/posts The New York Times last week declared itself against the filibuster, a procedure by which the minority party in the U.S. Senate may block the tyranny of the majority. Last week, the Times called filibuster an "arcane rule" after Republicans threatened to use it to thwart the new Democratic majority, which the Times enthusiastically supports. That's odd. A year ago when Republicans were running the Senate, the Times called out the Democrats for not using the filibuster to block Samuel Alito Jr.'s Supreme Court nomination. In March 2005, in objecting to another batch of GOP judicial nominees, the Times called... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769612/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:18:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1748235/posts Oh No! Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1748235/posts#comment Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:25:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1734031/posts As national Democrats hang bunting and prepare for what they hope will be a joyous victory celebration in Washington tonight, John F. Kerry will be back in Massachusetts, quietly standing behind his state's gubernatorial nominee. Kerry's treks around the country were supposed to help erase bad memories of 2004 -- convincing Democrats that Kerry was a dogged worker and belonged among the party's top contenders for 2008. Instead, the campaign ended with the senator on the sidelines, grounded like a high-schooler caught misbehaving in class during the week before the prom. His "botched joke" ...gave the Republicans ammunition at a... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1734031/posts#comment Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:24:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675925/posts August 7, 2006 issue - Fran DeWine just wanted to talk about apple pie. Campaigning last month for her husband, Ohio Republican Sen. Mike DeWine, she handed constituents a family cookbook, complete with Mike's favorite pie recipe and her own "Fran's Best Bread." But one voter was interested in a less appetizing topic: why had her husband defied his party leadership on judicial nominees and joined the Senate's so-called Gang of 14? Taken aback, Fran rambled on like a schoolteacher, explaining the nature of filibusters and the history of Republican appointees on Capitol Hill. Later, when pressed by a reporter,... News-weak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675925/posts#comment Tue, 1 Aug 2006 19:53:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665236/posts WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and other senators yesterday announced an agreement on legislation to open more federal waters to oil and natural-gas exploration. With lawmakers under pressure to help ease fuel prices, the agreement was presented as a breakthrough on stalled energy legislation. It would allow drilling in an area of the eastern Gulf of Mexico that is rich in natural gas, and open the way for coastal states to share in royalty revenue that otherwise would go to the federal government. Addressing Florida lawmakers' concerns, the agreement includes a ban on energy development within 125 miles... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665236/posts#comment Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:35:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659640/posts In coming weeks, Republicans on Capitol Hill plan for the first major push on judges since Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. were confirmed to the Supreme Court. In the nearly six months since Justice Alito was confirmed, only 14 federal judges have been seated. That's the slowest six-month period since early 2004, according to documents kept by the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy. The plans for renewed emphasis on judges comes after a consortium of conservative leaders expressed deep displeasure with both the White House and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659640/posts#comment Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:01:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652735/posts Republicans in the Senate are circulating a document that tallies the numbers in regards to judicial nominations. Below are some of the numbers from that document: • 46 — The number of current vacancies on Article III courts — 17 in the courts of appeals, and 29 in the district courts. • 22 — The number of judicial nominations pending in the Senate, including 10 court of appeals nominees and 12 district court nominees. (Three of these nominations are to fill “future vacancies” anticipated in the future, but the judgeships are not currently vacant.) • 27 — The number of... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652735/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:36:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644892/posts The Senate is back in session, and we'll soon see if Republicans are serious about confirming President Bush's nominees for the appeals courts. Majority Leader Bill Frist kept his promise to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the D.C. Circuit before Memorial Day, after he'd waited three years for a vote. So who's next? Mr. Frist wanted to move Fourth Circuit nominee Terrence Boyle by Memorial Day too, but no go. A federal judge in North Carolina, Mr. Boyle has the honor of waiting longer than any appeals-court nominee in history for a floor vote. He was in Mr. Bush's first group... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644892/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:15:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639056/posts Since President Bush took office in 2001 he has nominated 62 individuals to the U.S. Court of Appeals. 14 individuals have been nominated twice while 6 individuals have been nominated three times. 88 Total Nominations (50% Confirmed – 44 Confirmations; 88 Nominations) 62 Different Nominees (71% Confirmed – 44 Confirmed; 6 Withdrawn; 1 Retired; 11 Pending) 42 Nominated One Time (74% Confirmed – 31 Confirmed; 3 Withdrawn; 8 Pending) 14 Nominated Two Times (64% Confirmed – 9 Confirmed; 2 Withdrawn; 1 Retired; 2 Pending) 6 Nominated Three Times (67% Confirmed – 4 Confirmed; 1 Withdrawn; 1 Pending) 107th Congress... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639056/posts#comment Fri, 26 May 2006 23:37:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626561/posts It's merely taken three years, but Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to come for a vote before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Democrats are likely to oppose him in lock-step, and some on the left are urging them to use the F-word. Anything is possible, but it's hard to believe Democrats are nuts enough to launch a judicial filibuster in the middle of an election year with a GOP President so low in the polls. Talk about a get-out-the-vote gift for Republicans. Then again, no one ever got rich overestimating the intelligence of... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626561/posts#comment Thu, 4 May 2006 13:03:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626431/posts After the high-profile confirmations of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sam Alito, judicial nominations went into limbo. Today, we'll see the opening gambits on when and whether that will end.The reason the confirmation process came to a standstill is simple: Senate Democrats don't want additional conservatives on the bench and hope to stall votes long enough to keep them off until Democrats can reach the Holy Grail of a Senate majority. That could be a very long time coming, though Democrats always are hopeful that their day is at hand.It's less clear why Republicans let the nominations wallow in... RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626431/posts#comment Thu, 4 May 2006 04:16:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625664/posts WASHINGTON - The Senate's top Democrat on Tuesday said he is considering a filibuster of two of President Bush's judicial nominees, saying one may have been involved in the administration's policy on torture and the other ruled in a case in which he had a clear conflict of interest. "The answer is yes, a possible filibuster, of course," Reid told reporters in answer to a question about the nomination of White House aide Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The other nominee is federal judge Terrence Boyle, who Bush wants to send... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625664/posts#comment Wed, 3 May 2006 01:11:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1622681/posts Anyone know how long he as been at this? I first tuned in this morning and he was on this rant... now he is STILL at it.. Anyone guess how long he can hold it..Basicly he asking for a vote on HIS amendment without playing by the rules.. www.senate.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1622681/posts#comment Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:18:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1622108/posts Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R.-Tenn.) has settled on D.C. Circuit Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as the first judicial nominee to get a floor vote this year, Frist aides announced today. Kavanaugh, the current White House staff secretary, will be ushered through the Judiciary Committee within the next few weeks and then proceed to a vote on the Senate floor. A final confirmation vote will come before the Memorial Day recess, Frist aides said. Frist formulated the strategy after meetings with several Republican senators, his aides said. Talks with Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R.-Pa.) and Majority Whip Mitch McConnell took... HumanEventsOnline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1622108/posts#comment Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:36:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611358/posts U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate Vote Summary Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Peter Cyril Wyche Flory, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense ) Vote Number: 92 Vote Date: April 7, 2006, 12:10 PM Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected Nomination Number: PN70 Nomination Description: Peter Cyril Wyche Flory, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Vote Counts: YEAs 52 NAYs 41 Not Voting 7 Vote... U.S. Senate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611358/posts#comment Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:30:06 GMT